Sarah Palin slammed Sacha Baron Cohen and Showtime Tuesday on Facebook for their new prank series, claiming the comedian duped her and her daughter with a humiliating interview by posing as a disabled veteran.
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Sarah Palin has responded strongly to Showtime's insistence that comedian Sacha Baron Cohen did not pose as an injured veteran to land a Palin interview.

Palin took to Twitter Tuesday to call Showtime's statement "more BS," a day after the cable network released it.

The statement insisted that Baron Cohen "never presented himself as a veteran of the U.S. military" during the booking process or during the interview for his new show "Who Is America?"

"They continue to deceive as they have from day 1," Palin responded on Twitter. "They continue to defend (and pay) a man..."

Palin initially started the media storm last week claiming on Facebook she had been "duped" for the "sick" interview. The former vice presidential candidate wrote she was interviewed by Baron Cohen "heavily disguised as a disabled US Veteran, fake wheelchair and all."

Suck it up cupcake.

Showtime's latest statement is more BS. They continue to deceive as they have from day 1. They continue to defend (and pay) a man... https://t.co/3mxDEGDQ5X

The British comedian posed as one of his new characters, Billy Wayne Ruddick Jr., Ph.D.

The Showtime statement Monday called Palin's claim part of "widespread misinformation over the past week" about the Ruddick Jr. character — who was first revealed on the show's premiere episode Sunday interviewing Senator Bernie Sanders from a motorized scooter.

In Sunday’s episode, Baron Cohen's Ruddick Jr. was asked by Senator Sanders if he was disabled, and he stated that he is not, but uses a scooter to conserve his energy.

"And contrary to her claims he did not appear in a wheelchair," the release said. "In both the interview with Governor Palin and the interview with Senator Sanders, he did not wear military apparel of any kind."

Baron Cohen had previously responded to Palin's claim from a @BillyWRuddick Twitter account in character. He wrote, "I did NOT say I was a War Vet, I was in the service - not military, but United Parcel."

Baron Cohen has duped politicians on the right and the left in his new show with new characters who include extreme liberal Dr. Nira Cain-N’Degeocello, freed criminal artist Ricky Sherman and anti-terror expert Erran Morad.

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